Vital Strategies · 21 hours ago
Project Manager, Organizational Strategic Initiatives
New York, NY
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid, Senior Level
$80K/yr - $90K/yr
6+ years expVital Strategies is a global public health organization that works with governments and partners to tackle the world’s leading drivers of death and disease. The Project Manager, Organizational Strategic Initiatives will manage enterprise-wide initiatives to strengthen organizational operations and ensure timely delivery of high-quality outputs while supervising team members and coordinating across divisions.
AssociationGovernmentHealth CareInformation TechnologyNon Profit
No H1B
Responsibilities
Own and manage assigned organization-wide initiatives from planning through execution, including timelines, deliverables, and stakeholder coordination, e.g. new country registration activities, manage various analyses of business practices within Vital Strategies (e.g. efficiencies, cost-benefit, etc.)
Serve as project manager for cross-functional workstreams related to operations, compliance processes, business improvement, and organizational operating models
Identify risks, dependencies, and resource needs; proactively escalate issues and propose solutions
Serve as a coordination point among GEI with all other divisions (e.g. Finance and Administration, Legal, Communications and Program teams, Country Office teams)
Diffuse innovations, best practices, lessons learned across organization to support development of communication and change management
Ensure clear documentation and knowledge capture to support sustainability and institutional learning
Provide day-to-day supervision, coaching, and work prioritization for at least one direct report (Associate, Strategic Initiatives)
Support professional development and effective performance through clear expectations and feedback
Leverage project planning and management tools, collaboration platforms, and organizational systems to support efficient execution
Identify opportunities to use AI and technology-enabled tools to improve workflows, documentation, and internal processes
Promote adoption of new tools and ways of working within GEI initiatives
Perform other duties as assigned in support of GEI and organizational priorities
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree required
Strong project management and organizational skills
Excellent written, verbal and active listening skills
Ability to work independently with sound judgment while navigating ambiguity
Ability to partner with other team members to reach project goals
Demonstrated ability to collaborate across functions and organizational levels
Comfort with technology-enabled work environments and interest in leveraging AI tools
Ability to synthesize feedback and information from various stakeholders
Ability to build strong, ongoing, impactful relationships at all organizational levels and across a diverse range of cultural, generational, ethnic, racial, educational, and social backgrounds
Demonstrated commitment to valuing diversity and contributing to an inclusive working and learning environment
Minimum of six (6) years of progressively responsible professional experience
Experience managing complex projects or initiatives in the global health sector, nonprofit, or other public health sectors, or international development settings
Knowledge of global health community – key stakeholders, institutions, systems, etc., particularly in lower-and-middle income countries
Preferred
Master's degree preferred
Experience creating, implementing and/or assessing organizational/business process improvements within the nonprofit sector
Prior training, certification and application of business improvement methodologies, e.g. 6 Sigma, Lean or others
Experience supervising or mentoring staff and interns
Experience of tracking the deliverables of independent contractors
Experience with grants and contracts management or compliance-related initiatives
Benefits
Highly competitive compensation
Comprehensive benefits
Company
Vital Strategies
We are a global public health organization that designs solutions to pressing health problems.
201-500 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$0.04MKey Investors
Patrick J. McGovern Foundation
2023-12-20Grant· $0.04M
Leadership Team
Daniel Burka
Director of Design
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